title: [Neodymium-YAG laser iridotomy in subacute and acute angle closure glaucoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate efficiency of Nd: YAG-laser iridotomy in the treatment of angle closure glaucoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  33 eyes of 22 patients were examined before and after the treatment. Intraocular pressure (IOP) was measured 24, 48 and 72 hours after iridotomy and then in (after) 1 and 6 months. Visual acuity, static perimetry and optic disc evaluation was performed before the treatment and after 1 and 6 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 90% of the eyes, 24 hours after the laser, IOP was below 22 mmHg and it was normalized during the whole follow-up. There no differences between the results of visual acuity, perimetry and optic disc evaluation before the treatment and during follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nd:YAG-laser iridotomy is an efficient method of lowering of IOP in angle-closure glaucoma.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Okulistycznej AM w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stawowski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bakunowicz-Lazarczyk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sobolewski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery*; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity; D058609:Visual Field Tests
vernacular_title: Irydotomia Nd:YAG-laserem w ostrym ataku jaskry i jaskrze zamykajacego sie kata.